Today at 04:23 PM Defender of the Faith 777 said this in Post #162
And, has anyone "killed the flesh" here?
Please explain if you believe that you have.
9th February 2003 at 04:22 PM Defender of the Faith 777 said this in Post #152
OK, if we're still talking about the claim to have not sinned for three months, then I have a little more to say in response to new developments.
Fact: No one here actually believes that. Man, the disciples weren't able to do that from what we've seen.
Though we have been given a new heart and a new mind, sinning is still PRETTY easy. We may grieve and quench the Spirit. We may drive Him away on a small scale, but ultimately, we can never drive Him away completely.
We're very interested too. What was that sin you later fell into? I can't go an hour without thinking something wrong, or my mind drifting onto things that might seperate me from God. I may admire something temporarily more than God (such as hanging with friends, practicing a sport etc.) and so commandment two is in my violation constantly. I am angry. I lust. One will come by at least that often for me.
How you managed to not THINK something wrong for three months is beyond us. TTYL Jesus love syou!
9th February 2003 at 09:43 PM Athlon4all said this in Post #156
unitedistand, yes we have all it takes to be holy while on this earth after we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We are a new creation (II Cor 5:17), and Jesus told the disciples " Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." (John 14:12) Yet, unfortunately we all know that we sin right? John himself reaffirms this in speaking to the bretheren in I John 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." We should be able to do the same works and more that Jesus did by the Holy Spirit, yet we limit the Spirit. This however does not effect our salvation because in the very next verse we are told that "if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Today at 12:50 PM Defender of the Faith 777 said this in Post #159
Christ Himself said that if you lust someone in your heart, then you are guilty of adultery.
If you are angry with your brother, then you are guilty of violating the sixth commandment.
Sermon on the mount, basic elementary verses. That ought to clear it up.
Man, I'm sorry, but it is my belief that you are NOT more righteous than the apostles or the disciples. I don't know you, or them, but if I'm wrong, tell me you are more righteous than the apostle Paul. Tell me you love Christ more than Peter did. I think you've taken perseverance of the saints too far. Sinning is still PRETTY easy. Such claims of purity on the internet by strangers on forums is naturally not what we take seriously. In all honesty, the OT prophets should have wrote about you. If you did that, you're a hero to us all for having such power and authority over Satan.
I don't believe everything someone I don't know posts on the internet. Forgive me for my lack of faith, but I do know Scripture to the point where refraining from sin is a struggle, and from personal experience in a walk with Christ, I'll tell you it's very difficult to go a day without sinning or harboring anger or lust.
Today at 09:17 PM Terri said this in Post #168 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=647795#post647795)
Where do you stand?
On the WORD OF GOD!!
Why would anyone want to stand anywhere else!
Yesterday at 09:54 PM linda4jesus said this in Post #169
Terri
I stand FIRMLY on the WORD OF GOD! His Word is my final authority.
John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above very name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
1 John 4:1-3 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. This is the way to find out if they have the Spirit of God: If a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ became a human being, that person has the Spirit of God. If a prophet does not acknowledge Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist. You have heard that he is going to come into the world, and he is already here.
Today at 01:21 PM Defender of the Faith 777 said this in Post #172
In all honesty, I suppose it might be getting personal, but the claim you first made was as well. So this is merely on the same course.
Today at 12:21 PM Defender of the Faith 777 said this in Post #172
In all honesty, I suppose it might be getting personal, but the claim you first made was as well. So this is merely on the same course.